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i don't know said harry reid, i don't like the word broken. remember, we're not dealing with rational folks. i do believe they have been hurt ir reply irreparabley. >> cruz had this to say. >> i will continue to do anything i can to stop the train wreck that is obama care. i'm not serve in office because i desperately needed 99 new friends in the u.s. senate or really, any friends at all. as josh green writes, the wacko bird wing of the republican party is unlikely to back down any time soon. quote, while the shutdown might look like spectacular self-immolation of band or bitter enders it's a better understood as the natural consequence of decades long shift in the american political landscape. over the last century and especially since the mid 1970s congress has grown steadily more polarized as the south has relined from solidly democratic to republican. joining me ryan grim, eugene robinson and co-founder of the in si insight agency ben le bold. joining us from washington senior national correspondent for bloomberg business week josh green,
i don't know said harry reid, i don't like the word broken. remember, we're not dealing with rational folks. i do believe they have been hurt ir reply irreparabley. >> cruz had this to say. >> i will continue to do anything i can to stop the train wreck that is obama care. i'm not serve in office because i desperately needed 99 new friends in the u.s. senate or really, any friends at all. as josh green writes, the wacko bird wing of the republican party is unlikely to back down any...
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the first, of course, is our leader, harry reid. he stood so farm from the beginning with his resolve that firmuld not doubt -- so from the beginning that we cannot bow to the tactics. he never buckled. he never flinched. he never doubted. he gave strength to the rest of us and the whole caucus was united behind him. second, i would like to praise .he president every time we dealt with him, from the beginning, realizing that the kind of tactics used by the other side and permitted to be used by the other side would be used again and again and again. finally, my hat goes off to senator mcconnell. is in a very difficult situation politically. once he saw that speaker boehner in the house were tied in a total not, he knew he had the obligation to step up even if it might hurt him in his campaign. i respect that. i think everyone of my democratic colleagues respect that. if there is a silver line in this cloud, it is that the politics, the reckless politics has reached its peak. that is what we hope and that is what i believe. it was sh
the first, of course, is our leader, harry reid. he stood so farm from the beginning with his resolve that firmuld not doubt -- so from the beginning that we cannot bow to the tactics. he never buckled. he never flinched. he never doubted. he gave strength to the rest of us and the whole caucus was united behind him. second, i would like to praise .he president every time we dealt with him, from the beginning, realizing that the kind of tactics used by the other side and permitted to be used by...
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harry reid is having none of it. we'll discuss the all-nighter. continuing to watch the house floor where members are expected to debate ryan murray budget. we'll have an update on that after the break. [ female announcer ] we eased your back pain... ♪ ready or not. [ female announcer ] ...so you can be up there. here i come! [ female announcer ] ...down there, around there... and under there for him. tylenol® provides strong pain relief and won't irritate your stomach the way aleve® or even advil® can. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol®. hands for holding. feet, kicking. better things than the joint pain and swelling of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. if you're trying to manage your ra, now may be the time to ask about xeljanz. xeljanz (tofacitinib) is a small pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. xeljanz can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers have happened in patients taking xeljan
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and then, harry reid got back to work, to the day to day work. the governing chores that he does so well. including making sure that the nervous staff of the american embassy in kenya, in this post-benghazi era, when the staffs are especially on edge that they knew who their next leader was going to be. the majority leader of the united states senate got back to work today as he does most days. with the full and sometimes invisible cooperation of the minority leader of the united states senate. and as usual, no one noticed. a hybrid? most are just no fun to drive. now, here's one that will make you feel alive. meet the five-passenger ford c-max hybrid. c-max says ha. c-max says wheeee. which is what you get, don't you see? cause c-max has lots more horsepower than prius v, a hybrid that c-max also bests in mpg. say hi to the all-new 47 combined mpg c-max hybrid. >>> i'm not a doctor, but it seems as though the secretary of state has come down with a case of benghazi flu. >> hillary clinton, i guess she passed out somewhere, is she unconscious som
and then, harry reid got back to work, to the day to day work. the governing chores that he does so well. including making sure that the nervous staff of the american embassy in kenya, in this post-benghazi era, when the staffs are especially on edge that they knew who their next leader was going to be. the majority leader of the united states senate got back to work today as he does most days. with the full and sometimes invisible cooperation of the minority leader of the united states senate....
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and then, harry reid got back to work, to the day to day work. the governing chores that he does so well. including making sure that the nervous staff of the american embassy in kenya, in this post-benghazi era, when the staffs are especially on edge that they knew who their next leader was going to be. the majority leader of the united states senate got back to work today as he does most days. with the full and sometimes invisible cooperation of the minority leader of the united states senate. and as usual, no one noticed. mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. over the south pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. a hybrid? most are just no fun to drive. now, here's one that will make you feel alive. meet the five-passenger ford c-max hybrid.
and then, harry reid got back to work, to the day to day work. the governing chores that he does so well. including making sure that the nervous staff of the american embassy in kenya, in this post-benghazi era, when the staffs are especially on edge that they knew who their next leader was going to be. the majority leader of the united states senate got back to work today as he does most days. with the full and sometimes invisible cooperation of the minority leader of the united states senate....
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. >> well, in a letter to senate majority leader harry reid, five republican senators disagreed. they write, "we the undersigned intend to oppose any legislation that would fringe on american people's constitutional rights to bear arms or exercise this right without being suggested to government surveillance. we'll oppose the motion to proceed to any legislation that will serve as a vehicle for any additional gun restrictions." a filibuster declared. ron reagan, they're not going to fight this thing but make sure nobody gets to vote on background checks. they consider it a privacy matter, apparently. >> there are a couple things going on here. on the political side, of course, and the least important side, you have marco rubio, rand paul, and ted cruz, three of the five musketeers here, who are really grandstanding and looking ahead to 2016. and these three guys are going to be elbowing their way into each other's limelight for the next three years. so you might as well get used to that. but the more important thing that's going on here has to do with democracy, and how we procee
. >> well, in a letter to senate majority leader harry reid, five republican senators disagreed. they write, "we the undersigned intend to oppose any legislation that would fringe on american people's constitutional rights to bear arms or exercise this right without being suggested to government surveillance. we'll oppose the motion to proceed to any legislation that will serve as a vehicle for any additional gun restrictions." a filibuster declared. ron reagan, they're not...
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i think people will -- >> will harry reid bring it up for a vote? >> i hope so. >> what are you hearing? >> we think that people ought to be given the opportunity to offer bills, offer amendments on the senate floor. he said it's going to be an open process. >> so if schumer wants a bill, it'll get a vote. and you think that'll happen? >> i think so. >> let's talk about this trafficking bill. how much of a mark would that play? how much would that stop dangerous behavior with guns? if you were stopping people from buying guns who had a criminal intent? >> right now the penalty for that is something like the same as for trafficking livestock or chickens. and that's not a particularly stiff penalty and a lot of prosecutors don't want to do it. adding a penalty will make a difference. it's an important bill. >> if the call comes from chicago, i want to get semiautomatic weapons i'm going after a bank job, they would not suffer a serious criminal threat? >> straw purchasing for example is when somebody who is able to buy a gun because they have a clean
i think people will -- >> will harry reid bring it up for a vote? >> i hope so. >> what are you hearing? >> we think that people ought to be given the opportunity to offer bills, offer amendments on the senate floor. he said it's going to be an open process. >> so if schumer wants a bill, it'll get a vote. and you think that'll happen? >> i think so. >> let's talk about this trafficking bill. how much of a mark would that play? how much would that stop...
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>> reporter: harry reid just announced. when he comes back in at 9:30 and wants to be recognized and whatever message the house sends over, i'll go ahead and table that. in washington speak he's saying if the house sends over this vote to go to conference or conference committee and we want to take this dispute about how to fund the government for the next 55 to 75 days, 45 to 75 days if you're going to go by november 15th or december 15th. they have two different end dates on this. he's going to strip it out again and say no, we're not going to do that. now the ball's back in your court. that's why schumer did that little thing to reenforce that. and the house still plans on doing this. this is another, another ask of the conservative wing of the house republican caucus. they are the ones suggesting to go to conference. this is not a boehner idea. this was coming -- i first heard about this at about 5:00 this afternoon, coming from some of the conservative side of the house republican conference. so this is, again, sort of
>> reporter: harry reid just announced. when he comes back in at 9:30 and wants to be recognized and whatever message the house sends over, i'll go ahead and table that. in washington speak he's saying if the house sends over this vote to go to conference or conference committee and we want to take this dispute about how to fund the government for the next 55 to 75 days, 45 to 75 days if you're going to go by november 15th or december 15th. they have two different end dates on this. he's...
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let's take harry reid, who has coward before the gun lobby if harry reid thinks it's gun lobbyists who got him back in the election, he's nuts. he lost the male vote. it was the obama coalition of union voters, young voters who put harry reid back in office. people like harry reid give the gun lobby far too much credit. >> sam, what's your reaction to that? >> they say the same thing, that the nra has trumped that. and the only thing i would add to that is this. we've seen a lot of recent pollings, specifically background checks, and it's universally popular. i don't see any other issue polling at 90% popularity. if you read specific issues it might dip. this is a noncontroversial bill. it would be surprising to me if democrats felt concerned or nervous about voting for it and i think harry reid recognized that and that's why he's going forward with this in the baseline bill. >> according to "the washington post," these individual gun safety measures have overwhelming support with the public. you know, they have 6 in 10 people, 57% support a been on assault weapons, a majority, obvious
let's take harry reid, who has coward before the gun lobby if harry reid thinks it's gun lobbyists who got him back in the election, he's nuts. he lost the male vote. it was the obama coalition of union voters, young voters who put harry reid back in office. people like harry reid give the gun lobby far too much credit. >> sam, what's your reaction to that? >> they say the same thing, that the nra has trumped that. and the only thing i would add to that is this. we've seen a lot of...
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reid and the old guard of the republican party, i am lou dobbs. good evening, day 14 of the government shut down, three days aw from aell a make believe deadline, to raise the debt ceiling this is where we're tonight. a deal is emerging. between senate leadereid, and minoty leader mcconnell, fox news confirmed that deal would fund government until january and suspending debt ceiling until february, senate democrats willing to accept spending levels until january an an effort to have a battle over a new round of sequester spending cuts that kick in at the beginning of the year, medical device tax, imposed by obamacare, stays at t assistance of the white house. and senator reid. but a requirement that the government verify income eligiblability for obama carry subsidies is in the deal. senators reid and mcconnell have all but forgoen about speaker boehner and hou conservatives he must persuade to push ts agreement through the house. unless speaker boehner relies n house democrats to ps the legislation. that would be a violation ofhe -called hastert
reid and the old guard of the republican party, i am lou dobbs. good evening, day 14 of the government shut down, three days aw from aell a make believe deadline, to raise the debt ceiling this is where we're tonight. a deal is emerging. between senate leadereid, and minoty leader mcconnell, fox news confirmed that deal would fund government until january and suspending debt ceiling until february, senate democrats willing to accept spending levels until january an an effort to have a battle...
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the freeze and harry reid have been hand in hand and harry reid has been driving this train and he has refused and rebuffed house cups ever republicans eve. passing appealing funding bills. women and se infants and childrs aid. and the senate has rejected all of that. we see harry reid coming forward and passing the clean debt ceiling raise that libby was taking about. another tactic to put house republicans on the spot, del. >> i'm amazed at how much social media is being used. i'm seeing hash tags and twister is there anyone in washington that is reading the tea leaves and what the republican thinks about this. social media plays a big part. with the media and everyone getting involved and everyone is their own wire service reporter or prel press secretary it has e eytheexpect of amly amplifying. >> so in that respect, it's very interesting, and certainly the white house and republicans at this point in the game they are adept at using all of that. >> mike a lot has changed in washington since we land there a few years ago. >> you can say that again. >> here is a form of social media
the freeze and harry reid have been hand in hand and harry reid has been driving this train and he has refused and rebuffed house cups ever republicans eve. passing appealing funding bills. women and se infants and childrs aid. and the senate has rejected all of that. we see harry reid coming forward and passing the clean debt ceiling raise that libby was taking about. another tactic to put house republicans on the spot, del. >> i'm amazed at how much social media is being used. i'm...
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but as harry reid said he will table it. what is interesting, i spoke to republican members and they were caught off guard by speaker boehner's motion not expecting him for the conferencees on the cr. they are going to have a press conference around 1:00. they want to continue this message. they want to see the government open and basic fairness for all americans. kind of this push of the vitter amendment. but in terms of where we go from here as we move into tuesday, the idea has always been from republ republicans that a one day shutdown is not the end of the world. however, we've seen practically every single vehicle they could alter the health care law. now the question goes, what will they do after they've seemed to exhausted every option in trying to change the health care law. and then we get into all sorts of exciting things. do they pull away from health care and go to something else like keystone that is part of the goody bag wish list, or sake you down the path of going back and forth? a lot of republicans i spoke
but as harry reid said he will table it. what is interesting, i spoke to republican members and they were caught off guard by speaker boehner's motion not expecting him for the conferencees on the cr. they are going to have a press conference around 1:00. they want to continue this message. they want to see the government open and basic fairness for all americans. kind of this push of the vitter amendment. but in terms of where we go from here as we move into tuesday, the idea has always been...
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throws only two that the president can't hide from and harry reid cannot win on. that's why this is a mess. the president's response has been to attack republicans. to have no negotiations. the office bill clinton in 1995. >> newt, please. the president has been one of the most conciliatory negotiators over a period of time. and i have to correct my good friend. i was here during the passage of the affordable care act which went through regular order, which both houses, the senate and the house asked for republican input. asked for amendments. allowed them to have it. it went through what this has not gone through. the hearing process and as well, the mark-up process which technically, if you look at the morning show that's on abc that talks about how you do a bill cartoon. we went through the regular order. our speaker, speaker pelosi was an excellent leader. one, because the 111th congress was the busiest, most successful in terms of bills that helped the american people, including the g.i. bill that hemmed our returning iraq soldiers. >> what you call a success
throws only two that the president can't hide from and harry reid cannot win on. that's why this is a mess. the president's response has been to attack republicans. to have no negotiations. the office bill clinton in 1995. >> newt, please. the president has been one of the most conciliatory negotiators over a period of time. and i have to correct my good friend. i was here during the passage of the affordable care act which went through regular order, which both houses, the senate and the...
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. >> why is majority leader harry reid voting the way you're proposing to vote? why is every democrat in the chamber voting the way you propose to vote. >> you voted in favor of the thing you're filibuster and senator harry reid joined you in that, too. it seems to me they are very similar. >> meanwhile inside the bag of blindfolded hungry weasels, dosed with pcp to quote rachel maddow gop leaders bankruptly abandoned the strategy they had announced hours earlier to avoid a government shutdown. the plan was to pass a debt ceiling bill that included everything from gutting wall street reform to undoing environmental regulations as well as what white house press secretary jay carney said yesterday. the only thing i didn't see mentioned was a birther bill. even this did not satisfy about two dozen of the most extreme members of john boehner's house of crazy cards who want to duke it out over the looming shutdown before moving on to the catastrophic debt ceiling. with the house party caucus unable to support anything less than deporting the president to kenya in exch
. >> why is majority leader harry reid voting the way you're proposing to vote? why is every democrat in the chamber voting the way you propose to vote. >> you voted in favor of the thing you're filibuster and senator harry reid joined you in that, too. it seems to me they are very similar. >> meanwhile inside the bag of blindfolded hungry weasels, dosed with pcp to quote rachel maddow gop leaders bankruptly abandoned the strategy they had announced hours earlier to avoid a...
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yet, folks are always wanting us to lead harry reid. look, we've tried 60 ways to sundown and, you know, i don't know what they got going on over at the senate, but i wish they would get together with the president, pass what they think they can pass, and then we would be glad to take a look at it. we've certainly shown -- >> you know as well as i do they're not going to be able to pass anything with 60 votes. they may be able to pass some things with 50, 52, 53 votes. they won't be able to pass anything with 60 votes, and should that be the marker on something like this? is this such an important -- >> for sure. >> -- thing it should take 60? that 41 -- >> no. i'm saying what should be the marker is the senate ought to be able to pass something. look, for better or for worse, the president -- >> so senate republicans need to get involved in this? >> no, what i'm saying is they need to work it out over there. i'm not going to tell the senate how to do their business, but they -- where br they start looking for us to lead them we've pass
yet, folks are always wanting us to lead harry reid. look, we've tried 60 ways to sundown and, you know, i don't know what they got going on over at the senate, but i wish they would get together with the president, pass what they think they can pass, and then we would be glad to take a look at it. we've certainly shown -- >> you know as well as i do they're not going to be able to pass anything with 60 votes. they may be able to pass some things with 50, 52, 53 votes. they won't be able...
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we've heard harry reid speak. nancy pelosi and harry reid took a lot of questions. the president of the united states is completely quiet. is he going to say anything or just stay in his lair? >> i don't know with that. we're wondering if it was possible earlier this evening. because the speaker of the house was coming out. and those democratic leaders from congress, harry reid and nancy pelosi, came out. but i can't really surmaze why the president did or did not come out. he did talk to a white house official who said if you look at what happened in that meeting, if you listen to what they said coming out, it is obvious no progress was made. that was plain to see and hear as we were standing outside the west wing. i was there as john boehner walked out for a few moments. and up that harry rood received took questions. john boehner took no questions. we want to continue on the resolution. and he said, and the white house won't do that and democrats won't do that. and he walked off. and then harry reid and most pelosi, it was striking to me. harry reid said we are l
we've heard harry reid speak. nancy pelosi and harry reid took a lot of questions. the president of the united states is completely quiet. is he going to say anything or just stay in his lair? >> i don't know with that. we're wondering if it was possible earlier this evening. because the speaker of the house was coming out. and those democratic leaders from congress, harry reid and nancy pelosi, came out. but i can't really surmaze why the president did or did not come out. he did talk to...
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this is harry reid. >> they do not know what they want. i hope the republicans decide what they want and we'll be happy to work with them. i repeat for the fourth time i'm here, open the government, let us pay our bills, we'll negotiate with you about anything. >> so, -- go ahead. >> what is hilarious is that the position of the president, and harry reid is this. we win, and after we win, absolutely everything, then you can come over and we'll talk. i mean, really. honestly. that's the position? they just win? they're not going to talk and we aren't going to talk. the deal is done. so the american people, that's an insulting comment to make to the american people. we're serious, like i said we put a lot of offers on the table. now it's time for the president to actually lead and not be a passive participant, and be a part of these talks. i think we're getting somewhere, i really do think this is a positive sign. jew temperature -- thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> to wall street. the dow posting its biggest point gain of the year,
this is harry reid. >> they do not know what they want. i hope the republicans decide what they want and we'll be happy to work with them. i repeat for the fourth time i'm here, open the government, let us pay our bills, we'll negotiate with you about anything. >> so, -- go ahead. >> what is hilarious is that the position of the president, and harry reid is this. we win, and after we win, absolutely everything, then you can come over and we'll talk. i mean, really. honestly....
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what's maddening about this, to watch harry reid complain about it is a little much. he had a chance to do something and he bailed. he basically had this gentleman's agreement with mitch mcconnell. the president is saying we now have this de facto 60-vote rule. exactly. that's what advocates o reforming the filibuster in a muscular way you write in the rules are saying this is the tendency that there is nothing to interrupt this tendency right now. there's nothing in the norms of the institution. there's nothing in the actual rule, short of changing them, that is going to stop this. there's all the incentives for more of this to happen. so i'm sorry, it's a little hard for me to be particularly sympathetic to harry reid when he gets up there saying oh my god, look at these people abusing the filibuster. yeah, that's been the case, you had a chance to do something about it and didn't. >> republicans look at jim demint retire and replaced immediately with a possibly crazier senator from texas, ted cruz. john mccain was outraged that cruz questioned the patriotism, the l
what's maddening about this, to watch harry reid complain about it is a little much. he had a chance to do something and he bailed. he basically had this gentleman's agreement with mitch mcconnell. the president is saying we now have this de facto 60-vote rule. exactly. that's what advocates o reforming the filibuster in a muscular way you write in the rules are saying this is the tendency that there is nothing to interrupt this tendency right now. there's nothing in the norms of the...
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reid. >> i never saw anything like what harry reid did. to watch him was watching a master at work, superb, politically astute and stamina. >> one thing all democrats agree on, the fight ain't over. joining us democratic senator from north dakota heidi heitkamp. senator, thank you so much for joining us especially on a day you must be tired given all that has transpired on capitol hill. i want to ask you first, how are these negotiations different an here negotiations. as a woman, i ask you did the presence of strong women change the dynamics of this conversation? >> that's been a lot of the talk here. the bottom line is, moderates came together and said we cannot tolerate continuing to cost this economy $24 billion. we can't tolerate $160 million every day getting spent. we have got to resolve this impasse because we've got bigger issues ahead of us like resolving the budget. not just picking out time lines but actually resolving this budget going forward as the president said. >> senator, i agree with you that moderates came out. some pa
reid. >> i never saw anything like what harry reid did. to watch him was watching a master at work, superb, politically astute and stamina. >> one thing all democrats agree on, the fight ain't over. joining us democratic senator from north dakota heidi heitkamp. senator, thank you so much for joining us especially on a day you must be tired given all that has transpired on capitol hill. i want to ask you first, how are these negotiations different an here negotiations. as a woman, i...
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senator harry reid blasting republicans. we're going to ask republican senator john barrasso what republicans hope to gain from this. >>> and the nra fire brand touching off another fire storm with an op-ed tinged with racially insensitive language. >>> plus, the superstar athlete that everyone called the blade runner at the olympics taken into custody after his girlfriend was found dead in his home. the olympian appearing in court. we're going to bring you the very latest coming up. ♪ they hatin' ♪ patrolling they tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty ♪ ♪ tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty ♪ ♪ tryin' to -- [ woman ] hi there. why do we always have to take your mom's car? [ male announcer ] the security of an iihs top safety pick, the 2013 volkswagen tiguan. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease a 2013 tiguan for $219 a month. ♪ [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it... in your heart. [ basketball bouncing
senator harry reid blasting republicans. we're going to ask republican senator john barrasso what republicans hope to gain from this. >>> and the nra fire brand touching off another fire storm with an op-ed tinged with racially insensitive language. >>> plus, the superstar athlete that everyone called the blade runner at the olympics taken into custody after his girlfriend was found dead in his home. the olympian appearing in court. we're going to bring you the very latest...
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harry reid said he will table it. republican members are caught off guard by the move out of speaker boehner's office. they did not expect him to issue a motion for conferees on the crs. they will continue the message they want to see the government open in basic fairness for all americans under the health care law, the amendment you have been talking with in the last hour. in terms of where we go from here as we move in to tuesday, the idea has always been from republicans that a one-day shutdown is not the end of the world. they have time to ma throughout the rest of the day. we have seen just about every vehicle they can send over to alter the health care law. the kwef goes, what will they do after they seem to have exhausted every option in order to try to change the health care law? and then we get in to all sorts of exciting things. do they pull away from health care and go to keystone or something like that that is part of the goody bag wish list or continue down the path of going back and forth a lot of republ
harry reid said he will table it. republican members are caught off guard by the move out of speaker boehner's office. they did not expect him to issue a motion for conferees on the crs. they will continue the message they want to see the government open in basic fairness for all americans under the health care law, the amendment you have been talking with in the last hour. in terms of where we go from here as we move in to tuesday, the idea has always been from republicans that a one-day...
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this is harry reid's shut down. he wants to shut it down and refuses to listen to the american people. >> ted cruz is not the entire u.s. government. >> speaker john boehner won't even let the bill get a yes or no vote because he doesn't want to anger the extremist miss the party. >> get rid of the tea party direction. work with us. >> the tea party isn't going away. the tea party is hanging in. if anything, the tea party is getting stronger. >> senior adviser to president reagan pat buchanan calling the obama/reid strategy sadistic saying they want maximum pain for maximum gain. pat. >> good to see you, greta. >> is that what you said. >> when you saw what happened at the memorial. we have seen the honor flights coming from the fellows who fought in world war ii. they are going to their memorial. they find metal barriers and crime scene tape keeping them out. for what purpose? >> who do you think made the decision? that was appalling to the world war ii vets. especially if you have never been to washington. viewers
this is harry reid's shut down. he wants to shut it down and refuses to listen to the american people. >> ted cruz is not the entire u.s. government. >> speaker john boehner won't even let the bill get a yes or no vote because he doesn't want to anger the extremist miss the party. >> get rid of the tea party direction. work with us. >> the tea party isn't going away. the tea party is hanging in. if anything, the tea party is getting stronger. >> senior adviser to...
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default the country. >> harry reid? >> harry reid because you can't default the country. >> is there a danger, as bob corker said, they overstepped? >> there is a danger with each passing day that danger grows. but the most likely outcome is that the senate comes up with some sort of compromise, the house will have to accept it. in spite of what the congressman you had on before. the house says just can't take what the senate gave us to, they vote it down, the stock market plunges and they come back and say well, i guess we had to, and they ultimately pass it with damage to the economy in the meantime. >> the senate moderates if you will, came up with a plan, paul ryan, not the most right wing member of the house said this is a total cave to the president and unacceptable. harry reid rejected it because he said it was a case for the republicans and he wanted something more tilted toward the president. how does something like that everybody get through the house? >> it's incredible that i got on friday when i was going t
default the country. >> harry reid? >> harry reid because you can't default the country. >> is there a danger, as bob corker said, they overstepped? >> there is a danger with each passing day that danger grows. but the most likely outcome is that the senate comes up with some sort of compromise, the house will have to accept it. in spite of what the congressman you had on before. the house says just can't take what the senate gave us to, they vote it down, the stock...
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democrats will tell you this is why harry reid is pushing back so hard. this is a short-term government funding bill. about a month and a half. in two weeks when the government debt ceiling comes up the nation's ability to borrow comes up. if he gives now they are worried he will be forced to give more then. what he's described as time to essentially treat a bully here, punch a bully in the face -- his description of the house republicans. we'll see who the american people blame for this. >> mike, thank you. >> sure. >> for now the senate kicking the c.r. now back to the house of representatives. just happened a short while ago. it is a volley. what's the next move? senator cornin joins us. good evening, sir. senator, can you hear me ? >> i sure can. >> good. thank you, sir. now it's been kicked back from the senate back to the house. the senate, i take it is open for business. what do you anticipate will happen next hour and now 55 minutes? >> i'm hearing the house may make another attempt to ping-pong a bill over to the senate. but, greta, i'm pretty mu
democrats will tell you this is why harry reid is pushing back so hard. this is a short-term government funding bill. about a month and a half. in two weeks when the government debt ceiling comes up the nation's ability to borrow comes up. if he gives now they are worried he will be forced to give more then. what he's described as time to essentially treat a bully here, punch a bully in the face -- his description of the house republicans. we'll see who the american people blame for this....
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and this morning john boehner, harry reid, nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell agreed this is the right course of action. i respect the views of those who call for caution, particularly as our country emerges from a time of war that i was elected, in part, to end. but if we really do want to turn away from taking appropriate action in the face of such an unspeakable outrage, then we must acknowledge the costs of doing nothing. here is my question for every member of congress and every member of the global community. what message will we send if a dictator can gas hundreds of children to death in plain sight and pay no price? what's the purpose of the international system that we have built if a probation on the use of chemical weapons that has been agreed to by the governments of 98% of the world's people and approved overwhelmingly by the congress of the united states is not enforced? make no mistake. this has implications beyond chemical warfare. if we won't enforce accountability in the face of this heinous act, what does it say about our resolve to stand up to others who flaunt inte
and this morning john boehner, harry reid, nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell agreed this is the right course of action. i respect the views of those who call for caution, particularly as our country emerges from a time of war that i was elected, in part, to end. but if we really do want to turn away from taking appropriate action in the face of such an unspeakable outrage, then we must acknowledge the costs of doing nothing. here is my question for every member of congress and every member of...
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you're a close friend, worked with him for years, harry reid, what should he do? what can he do? >> well, harry's done all, i think he thinks he is capable of doing right now under the circumstances. he doesn't want to violate the rules of the senate in ways that would speed the process for dealing with rule change. but i actually think there are a couple of things that we could do. one, i think you ought to hold the floor when you're filibustering. just the other day when rand paul did that, i think that went back to the traditions of the senate and we ought to force every senate who is going to require a filibuster to hold the floor. we broke that filibuster in part because senator paul could only hold the floor for about 13 hours and that's really what history is all about. the second thing is i don't think we ought to have a dual track. set bills aside and take up other legislation. if we're going to filibuster, you stay on the bill and you keep the people filibustering until they can't take it anymore. >> are the democrats and harry reid especially and you were in this posit
you're a close friend, worked with him for years, harry reid, what should he do? what can he do? >> well, harry's done all, i think he thinks he is capable of doing right now under the circumstances. he doesn't want to violate the rules of the senate in ways that would speed the process for dealing with rule change. but i actually think there are a couple of things that we could do. one, i think you ought to hold the floor when you're filibustering. just the other day when rand paul did...
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you're looking live at senator harry reid. let's dip in and listen to the senator right now as he speaks about the shut down. >> to issue a shut down statement and she's done that. here he is. head of departments and agencies. this mem rand yum falls september 17th memo providing an update on potential lapse of appropriations no more phone shall after midnight. appropriations to consolidate further continuation act expire at 11:59 tonight. enforcing we don't have any indication of congress will act in time for the president signing a continuing resolution before the end of the day tomorrow. october 1, 2013. therefore agencies should knot now execute plans for shut down due to absence of appropriations. that is what she says. so madam president agencies of government under process of closing down. now, it appears the house is not going to do anything to keep the government from shutting down. they've got some jerrywood thing about going to conferences if madam president it's embarrassing that these people who are elected to rep
you're looking live at senator harry reid. let's dip in and listen to the senator right now as he speaks about the shut down. >> to issue a shut down statement and she's done that. here he is. head of departments and agencies. this mem rand yum falls september 17th memo providing an update on potential lapse of appropriations no more phone shall after midnight. appropriations to consolidate further continuation act expire at 11:59 tonight. enforcing we don't have any indication of...
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he even said this is now for harry reid and mitch mcconnell to decide and they couldn't either the when they actually did vote on new year's eve it undermined what has been the governing rule of the republicans for the past decade, which is nothing should pass without a majority vote and they didn't have a majority vote, and then immediately turned around to re-elect him speaker. it was never really in doubt. but i think having 12 votes, essentially 12 votes on the floor against -- against his speakership being re-elected with only 220 votes does not send a message of strength going into these next rounds. gwen: and mike, when all is said and done -- nice pen drop there! -- when all is said and didn't you president was still able to wrangle his basics. he wanted to be able to raise taxes on the wealthy, however you define wealthy, and he got that. >> certainly the white house and other democrats look at this and say this is a water shed moment. we got the democrats to break the cardinal, visceral value they have, raising taxes. the only problem is on new year's day taxes were already hi
he even said this is now for harry reid and mitch mcconnell to decide and they couldn't either the when they actually did vote on new year's eve it undermined what has been the governing rule of the republicans for the past decade, which is nothing should pass without a majority vote and they didn't have a majority vote, and then immediately turned around to re-elect him speaker. it was never really in doubt. but i think having 12 votes, essentially 12 votes on the floor against -- against his...
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harry reid is threatening if we have to work through christmas, so be it. republicans are taking a stand, but why? >> this is all the result of the nuclear option that senator reid pulled last month. remember, that was a really unprecedented move to lower the threshold to defeat a filibuster from 60 to 51 votes for a simple majority of senators. and that has just prompted enormous republican criticism. and they're saying that, look, now you did this move. we're going to pay you back. you're not going to be able to move your agenda very quickly. we're not going to let you move nominations quickly, even very noncontroversial ones. i think this is a sign of things to come for the next several months here. >> but in the end, ruth, will it change any of the outcomes? >> it won't change the outcomes. and it's absolutely clear that people are being confirmed today who would not have been confirmed under the previous rules. last night the most prominent example was nina pillard, law professor at georgetown, now a judge on what's called the second most important cou
harry reid is threatening if we have to work through christmas, so be it. republicans are taking a stand, but why? >> this is all the result of the nuclear option that senator reid pulled last month. remember, that was a really unprecedented move to lower the threshold to defeat a filibuster from 60 to 51 votes for a simple majority of senators. and that has just prompted enormous republican criticism. and they're saying that, look, now you did this move. we're going to pay you back....
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. ♪ >> can we talk about harry reid's gift? harry reid owns what happened with this fill buster. this is all him. he had the chance. not only did he promise he would do something about it, he had the chance to do something about it on the first day of the senate session. he could have done it with a 51% vote for filibuster reform and he didn't and we paid the price for it. stephanie: i couldn't believe he used the word shocking here. senator harry reid yesterday on the senate floor. >> shocking that my republican colleagues would leave the nation without a fully empowered secretary of defense during all the things we have going on in the world, including a war. stephanie: also shocked to find out there's gambling going on in vegas. >> few leon panetta has to go to the nato summit in brussels. he's like george bailey. he's never getting out of bedford falls. i got big plans. i love her. she's a peach. >> because republicans have a punish a republican for the crime of being right about iraq. stephanie: exactly. this talking voice memo, filibuster will fall shortly nomination blah b
. ♪ >> can we talk about harry reid's gift? harry reid owns what happened with this fill buster. this is all him. he had the chance. not only did he promise he would do something about it, he had the chance to do something about it on the first day of the senate session. he could have done it with a 51% vote for filibuster reform and he didn't and we paid the price for it. stephanie: i couldn't believe he used the word shocking here. senator harry reid yesterday on the senate floor....
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i mean, isn't this harry reid's fault? harry had a chance to change the rules of the senate and he was too nice to mitch mcconnell and now look what we've got. there's probably more to come. your thoughts. >> i suppose so, though i remember not very long ago when we were all suffering under the george w. bush administration and there was a real fear that without the filibuster then george bush would have been able to put some of his very radical extremists on the bench and push through more of his agenda. so i understand the reticence to kind of unleash the nuclear option. and you know, i don't think you can necessarily blame harry reid for the unprecedented not just obstructionism but kind of paranoid lunacy of this new crop of senators who, you know, before i think we used to see this sort of incredibly paranoid mccarthyite apocalyptic view of american foreign policy among some of the characters in the house -- >> doesn't that make the case for why harry should have done, this because of the ted cruzes of the world and t
i mean, isn't this harry reid's fault? harry had a chance to change the rules of the senate and he was too nice to mitch mcconnell and now look what we've got. there's probably more to come. your thoughts. >> i suppose so, though i remember not very long ago when we were all suffering under the george w. bush administration and there was a real fear that without the filibuster then george bush would have been able to put some of his very radical extremists on the bench and push through...